"We are but as the instrument of heaven."

-- Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

#Destiny Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Instruments Quotes

“I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.”
“With my career in general, I feel like I'm finally getting to do the roles that I've always wanted to do. It's a slow build; you can't ever get the roles that you want in the beginning of your career because you don't have the buzz or the heat, or whatever the hell it is you need for the agents and the studios to be happy.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them.”

Source : Emile Durkheim, Steven Lukes (2014). “The Rules of Sociological Method: And Selected Texts on Sociology and Its Method”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
“Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.”
“It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.”
“We should not be putting kids in cages and hoping that is going to fix their psychological problems of any type.”
“Kids who are least impressive in my class are the ones who only listen to one kind of music. They only listen to country or only to rap or to gospel or anything. It's a sad thing. I try really hard to get them to go out and listen to things. It's amazing what you learn. ... I'm still trying to learn. It's not like I'm going to be a calypso singer. That's not going to happen, but I'm sure there's something in that, that I can learn from and apply to my own work.”
“Happy Families. What's that all about, eh? A bloody busted flush is what it is. You surround yourself with other people so the night doesn't seem quite so dark. Shout down the sound of the wind with arguments about whose turn it is to wash the dishes. Best not to kid yourself. Best not to give any hostages to fortune. You're on your own in the end. Always. Where else would you want to be?”

Source : "All His Engines". Graphic novel by Mike Carey, January 2005.

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